Below is an update from staff writer Robert Gavin on Monday’s double-murder, suicide in Lake George.

Gavin reports:

They were getting ice cream. They would return that night.

That’s what Adam Parcells told the mother of his 10-year-old daughter after he took the child and her 3-year-old half-sister to Lake George — a trip that would end with both girls and Parcells shot to death by his hand, police said Wednesday.

The father’s words surfaced as Rochester police revealed the series of events that preceded the slayings of Noel Parcells, 10, Mia Parcells, 3, and their 29-year-old father.

Police explained, among other details, why they did not issue a missing child Amber Alert for Noel Parcells on Friday, after her father arrived and took the child. “The criteria was not met, hence no Amber Alert was issued,” the statement said.

“The officers were given no indications that the child was in imminent danger or threat of physical harm. Mr. Parcells’ act of leaving with the child did not rise to the level of a crime nor did it meet the criteria for an Amber Alert.”

The bodies of Parcells and his children were found about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday inside a tent at the Adirondack Camping Village in Lake George, where the owner of the campground made the gruesome discovery, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office said.

The 10-year-old child had been shot four times, her sister twice. Their father had one self-inflicted bullet wound.

Police discovered a Hi-Point .45-caliber rifle inside the tent, as well as a teddy bear and children’s book.

The police should listen to the mothers of children-she knew something was not right and obviously there was some history there if he had supervised visitation. I don’t think he was desperate for someone to take care of his kids he was more likely punishing the mothers of these poor girls by murdering them.

Laurie B and t33 make sense. The need for supervised visits must indicate that the father had already caused some harm to that poor little girl. The Rochester PD can rationalize it six ways to Sunday, but the fact remains: they screwed up big time and two innocent children are dead.

I hope Satan threw a few more logs on the fire when dear old Dad shot himself.